USS Stark incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stark_incident
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Stark's search radar and ESM systems failed to detect the incoming missiles and it was not until seconds[citation needed] before the first hit that the Americans realized they were under fire.
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What I recall about the USS Stark is the "stand-by" verses "ready" conditions being brought to the public's attention. Armed with great systems, useless in some cases because of long warm up or lead times in real world conditions. This is not what the Wiki article covers however.
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It was found that Stark was 2 miles (3.2 km) outside the exclusion zone and had not violated neutrality as the Iraqis claimed.[3] Iraq apologized,[4] and Saddam Hussein said that the pilot mistook Stark for an Iranian tanker. American officials claimed that the Iraqi jet's pilot was not acting under orders from his government, and that he was later executed. This has been disputed, as an Iraqi Air Force officer later stated that the pilot was not punished and that he was still alive.
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